Talk:Dirty Old Town

Assortment
Could the lyrics be a copyright violation? Andrew pmk 00:59, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

What year was The Dubliners' rendition released? Despite a lot of searching, I can't tell ... Wasted Time R 11:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm, what about this fifties/sixties rendering of a Japanese classic? Note the intro! 港町十三番地 (Port Town no. 13) by 美空ひばり　(Misora Hibari) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLV7mPKmvMU&feature=related Kudonogame (talk) 12:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

City of Salford
It was only made a city in 1926 I think so the general usage would be quite varied. Perhaps the statement about MacColl could be checked: I would have said a Scotsman resident in Lancashire and later London.Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 06:43, 30 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The article on EM has - "MacColl was born as James Henry Miller in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire to Scottish parents" whilst http://www.peggyseeger.com/ewan-maccoll/ewans-biography has "Born Salford, Lancashire, England," and "Among his best known songs are "Dirty Old Town" about his childhood town of Salford," -- Beardo (talk) 00:11, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Peggy Seeger?
His wife? Famous rendition? Hello???

50.174.19.137 (talk) 08:19, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Salford wind
This comes up sometimes in discussion, however, I have never seen any evidence presented that MacColl wrote the line "smelled the spring on the Salford wind" and that the Salford Borough Council complained about it. There is no source directly connected to MacColl that I can find that uses the phrase "Salford wind" and I also believe that the story lacks credibility. The song was first performed in 1949 in a play about Salford. When, where and how did the council complain? Why complain about a pretty inocuous mention in a generally unknown song anyway? Also, the idea of Ewan MacColl buckling before such a trivial complaint I find highly unlikely. This is in crying need of a citation and therefore needs to be removed if none comes forward. Ecadre (talk) 16:05, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * There has been a citation needed mark on this for quite a while now. I have not been able to find a credible source for this claim, and evidently no-one else has. Therefore I am removing it from the article. Ecadre (talk) 16:00, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Dubliners?
I think it's pushing things a bit to say that the song was made popular by The Dubliners. In Ireland, maybe, but they didn't even form until 1962. Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor were singing the song regularly on the BBC throughout the 50s. Although they never failed to credit McColl the song became synonymous with them. In the very early days they had to explain to the audience that it wasn't supposed to be funny.--Deke42 (talk) 11:10, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The Spinners made the song popular. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wisdom-inc (talk • contribs) 19:46, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

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